Finland nuclear power expansion gains in poll - FINLAND

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Subj:   Finland nuclear power expansion gains in poll - FINLAND 

Date:   5/19/02 5:55:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time    

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Finland nuclear power expansion gains in poll - FINLAND


See:

http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/16026/story.htm

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Excerpts from article:


HELSINKI - More than half of Finns now support a plan to build a new nuclear reactor to meet rising energy demand and reduce dependence on imports, particularly from Russia, a survey showed on the weekend.     


The Gallup poll, published less than a week before the parliament votes on the issue, showed that 54 percent approved construction of a fifth reactor, as long as other energy sources were also expanded.That represented a sharp rise from January, when 40 percent supported the proposal in another Gallup poll.


The parliament is believed to be narrowly in favour of expanding nuclear power, despite a trend among European Union nations in recent years to seek energy alternatives to such reactors.The five-party coalition government, which includes the anti-nuclear Green Party, has said the best way to meet both Finland's rising energy demands and its obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto protocol was to build the country's first new reactor for more than two decades.    


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COMMENT:

It is clear the Finns see that the strategic and climatic [greenhouse effect] incentives for nuclear energy outweigh the claimed risks of nuclear power generation.


Stewart Farber, MS Public Health

Air Pollution Control